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5 Reasons Why You Should Eat The Same Meals Every Day

What I’m about to share with you, is one of the simplest, yet most effective secrets for gaining spectacular muscle mass.

Are you ready? Here it is …

Eat the same meals every day.

I know, I know … it doesn’t sound as sexy as Ultra Nitrabolic N-Xplode Formula™, but believe me, it works like gangbusters.

Ironically, when I tell this to people, most of them remain shocked. After they come to their senses, I usually get one of the following responses:

“But I don’t want to eat the same meals every day!”

Or …

“Eating the same foods every day is not good for your health!”

First of all, lets make some things clear.

When I say eating the same meals every day, I mean meals which include whole, raw and unprocessed foods. I’m not talking about highly processed junk food, with which most people stuff their pie holes with.

Lets say that your goal is to build muscle. In order to gain muscle mass, you need to eat more calories than you consume – in reality it’s a bit more complex, but lets stick to simplicity for now. By simply winging it, there’s no way in hell for you to know, if you’re eating enough food to stimulate muscle growth.

You can forget about muscle gains, if you’re not able to track the food you eat. This is one of the most common mistakes people make, when trying to gain muscle mass.

Reason #3 – Easy food preparation

Unless cooking is your passion, forget experimenting with new recipes.

First of all, you’re going to lose precious time, searching the internet for a recipe worth testing out. Secondly, you’re going to waste insane amounts of time, preparing and cooking the food. Thirdly, don’t get me even started about washing dishes … sweet Raptor Jesus! Every time I tried a new fancy recipe, I spent an hour cleaning up the aftermath in the kitchen.

And you know what’s the best part? In the end, the food tasted like s#@!t :)

I remember one time, I unknowingly put too much powdered garlic into a marinade. I left my chicken breasts to soak in that marinade for 24 hours, and finally when I started frying them, as if a smelly gas bomb had exploded in the kitchen.

It was the revenge of the powdered garlic!

I had to throw almost 1 pound (half a kilogram) of chicken into the bin. Not even my cat would come near that culinary disaster, it smelled so bad.

I learned a valuable lesson from my cooking experiments, and that’s – stick to salt and pepper.

Reason #4 – Costs less money

By eating mostly the same foods every day, you’ll be able to cut down on your food expenses.

I remember when I wanted to test out a new recipe, I always ended up buying a bunch of ingredients I never used.

Trying out new recipes costs a lot more money than sticking to the same, delicious meals. Besides the financial cost, there’s also a time cost associated with being creative in the kitchen.

Also worth mentioning, is the time you’re going to save by visiting the supermarket every few days instead of every day. To me, time is the single most precious commodity.

Reason #5 – You’ll become more disciplined

Aristotle really nails it with the following statement.

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle

It takes quite some discipline to develop the habit of eating the same meals. It’s definitely not an easy task, since it requires you to do some planing every day.

Rest assured that this discipline, will also be carried over to other areas of your life.

I could probably list many more reasons, but I think these 5 will be more than enough. What’s your take on this? Do you get bored, by eating the same stuff every day? Do you have any other reasons/tips to share?

Personally, I don’t like eating cold meals. That’s why I like to cook my meals every day because there’s something special about the taste of fresh meals. And by eating the same (tasty) meals every day, I drastically cut the time for food prep.

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I steam some things, grill the others. I taste the flavor, don’t overcook them, and DO add some butter to the grilled items. Works for me, keeps me going for the day, however, the first few days my body gets used to it, I cut out meats… and take a fish oil supplement…

When I start cutting properly for summer, it is the best plan to follow. Lean beef, chicken, turkey, salmon, and sea food grilled. Add the veggies and salad and you can’t go wrong. :) Great article works for me. Just remember if your cutting, only eat enough per meal to satiate hunger.

You’re right. If you’re cutting/slashing body fat, your calories need to be below maintenance and your focus should be on eating wholesome foods as much as possible. This combined with weight training is the fastest way I know of for shedding massive amounts of body fat, fast :)

In my opinion, the biggest benefits of eating the same foods day-in-day-out is that the food will become boring after a certain amount of time, and that will make you eat less.

I use this strategy to get past fat loss plateaus. For example, if I’m 88 kg and I don’t lose weight for 2-3 weeks, then I stock up on the same food in large quantities, and eat those for every meal. By doing this I won’t go to the kitchen to get food, unless I’m really hungry.

Eating the same foods over and over again is really under-appreciated as a fat loss/muscle building strategy. Preparing your food in advance and not having to think too much about what you’re going to eat for your next meal is definitely a big energy and time saver. And besides, if you have already prepackaged food in your fridge, you’ll definitely feel like crap if you make it go bad :)

I actually eat the same delicious meals every day and I don’t get bored at all. The key imo is to make those meals as delicious as possible and eat the foods that you like. And even if you get bored of eating the same foods after a few weeks, you can switch up your menu :)

As far as I can remember :) I’ve been eating the same kind of way since 2007.

Now, I’m not eating the same stuff I did back in 2007, but I always have a couple of weeks/months where I eat basically the same foods day in and day out and the results have been pretty awesome. I’m actually looking forward to eating my dinner every day, it’s so delicious-steak and eggs! :)

Thanks for your responses! I have some more questions about this. Do you have an email I could use to correspond with you a bit more?

Sharon

I stumbled across this article by accident, but I’m so glad I did! I have began preparing my meals for 4-5 days just to cut down time spent in the kitchen as I work 50-60 hours/week in 5 days, and I’m a full time MBA student. What I’ve noticed is that it seems like I get hungrier on some days than others, and I’m not changing anything at all (same water, green tea intake, and all my meals are porportioned the same). But It seems like in between breakfast and my first snack, I’m starving!!!

As I just read this, I’m almost certain I’m probably not getting enough protein lol. The problem is I never have time to cook breakfast, because I’d love to have an egg. Do you know how else I can combat the feeling of hunger?

Maybe the hunger you’re experiencing in the morning is mostly psychological in nature … it’s basically your body saying that it’s used to eat at that time of the day :) If you want to get through these hunger pangs without giving in into the temptation, try drinking some green tea/coffee. Coffee always works for me when I have to curb my appetite.

I’ve been eating the same meals (boiled chicken, a few raisins and almonds, ginger and salt) for the last year (stomach surgery). I make a batch of this “salad” to last 2-3 days. My weight and energy were great…then I added a few fruits a day….gained 10 lbs in 2 weeks….ick-snay on the fruits!… I could now talk about the chicken industry, but i’ll save that for another post….

Yeah, watch out on your fruit intake since it can be a double edged sword :) I see fruits as healthy candy–it’s cool to have them once in a while, but definitely in moderation. Especially the kinds of fruit with a high glycemic index.

Not sure how old this article is…if I’ll be getting a response.. Do you have any meal plans or somewhere I can go to look for a weekly meal plan? It gets pretty overwhelming trying to get a healthy daily combination of nutrition as many sites disagree on the nutritional value of foods. Thanks! Would you be so kind as to email me the response? I’m afraid I’ll lose this page. Thanks again!

2 years ago I would have thought this was another “quack” weight loss article. But about a year ago, I started a new job and I have a coworker who used to be overweight (over 200lbs) and one of her habits is that she eats the SAME meals everyday. As you mentioned, it’s not the exact same thing but it’s about 3 variations of meals for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. She’s lost so much weight over time, you would hardly believe it. Of course her meals consist of mostly veggies/fruits and she’s a huge oatmeal fan. She also drinks tons of water and green tea.

You see, she has been eating mostly the same meals every day and she’s just fine. Most people think that if you eat the same foods day in, day out, you’re going to get poisoned or something. This is just not the case! :)

I have been doing this for the last year. In shake form for two meals a day.
Mono (natural peanut butter), poly (ground flax), fiber (whole oats), casein protein, whey protein, spinach, 12-16 oz water.
I have lost around 60lbs of fat and gained tons of muscle. It allows me to effortlessly manage my macro nutrient intake, I look great, I feel great, and mostly stay full.
My metabolic panel, blood panel, and blood sugar are 100% perfect now.
Great article! Great to know im still on track.

I started doing this unintentionally and found it is an huge factor of my weight loss success. It feels great having a ‘routine’ and yes, saves on time and energy. I mix it up once in a while with a fancy meal here and there or we’ll have a nice dinner out occasionally, but 5 or 6 out of 7 days a week, I have pretty much the same dinner: Chicken and two veggie sides for dinner. I will mix up the veggies or seasonings or how I prepare it. But it takes me about 15 minutes of cooking on the stove and voila, a perfectly balanced, calculated/weighed meal that offers me sustenance but also enjoyment for every dinner. I have been doing this for about 4 months and honestly love it. My husband and I cook our meals separately but he follows his own stable pattern. We have both found that this style of planned eating and our fitness routine, melts off the pounds. We eat better, eat less, and feel great.

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